uTorrent

Raised as a usability problem by 10 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2013–2023), in 7 threads.

People raised many different problems with uTorrent, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 10 complaints

Software has become bloated and overcomplicated over time2023-12-25
Ad popups make the app nearly impossible to use2018-06-19
Users must dig through settings after install to turn off unwanted bundled features2017-12-20
New version feels bloated and cluttered compared to the old one2017-08-02
UTorrent's interface is cluttered and confusing, and each new release gets worse2015-03-06
Tiny checkboxes and back-looking buttons trick users into accepting unwanted offers2015-03-06
Browser search and homepage changed without user knowledge and were hard to revert2013-10-25
Clicking what looks like Next silently installs unwanted extra software2013-10-25
Installs unwanted search and browser software that is hard to find and remove2013-10-25
User didn't know ads could be turned off and endured them for years2013-05-22